WOODSIDE — Francois Jouaux played just as hard as he worked, according to his family.

On Sunday, the longtime Apple software engineer was returning home from kitesurfing at Waddell Beach in Davenport when a suspected drunken driver crossed the double-yellow line on La Honda Road and hit him head-on. Jouaux, 46, of Woodside, died at the scene.

“Whenever the weekend came, he didn’t just sit in front of the computer or read a book,” said his wife, Arancha Jouaux. “He would just go out and have fun but in a happy way.”

Francois and Arancha met at a Mountain View restaurant in 1991, not long after they both arrived in the Bay Area to attend Stanford University. He was from France, and she from Spain.

They started dating in 1993 and were married in 2004. They have two boys, ages 9 and 12.

“He was a very good person, a wonderful father,” Arancha said.

Francois worked more than 20 years at Apple, most recently as a manager of a team within the maps group, his wife said.

Arancha said her husband was dedicated to his job, but he didn’t let it consume his life. In addition to kitesurfing, he enjoyed windsurfing, skiing and snowboarding, and fishing.

“He was an optimistic person,” said Francois’ father, Bernard Jouaux, in an email. “He loved country life and animals.”

“He was a country bumpkin, that’s true,” Arancha added.

Francois used to wear a T-shirt that depicted a businessman inside a circle with a diagonal line running through the center. Text below the image read: “I’d rather be windsurfing.”

“He really knew how to combine having fun with work,” Arancha said. “He never lost sight of that. He never became a workaholic, but he never became irresponsible with his work either. He managed to keep a foot on both sides of the fence very firmly.”

On Monday, Tom Doane, 46, of El Granada, the driver of the Ford F-250 that hit Jouaux’s 1992 Honda, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter when he went to a Redwood City hospital to be treated for major hand injuries, according to the CHP.

Witnesses said Doane appeared intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Doane was still in the hospital as of Wednesday morning, said CHP Officer Art Montiel.

A private service for Francois Jouaux is scheduled to take place April 9. He is survived by his wife, two sons, father and a brother.

Anyone with information about the collision can call CHP Officer Jason Thinnes at 650-369-6261.

WOODSIDE — Francois Jouaux played just as hard as he worked, according to his family.

On Sunday, the longtime Apple software engineer was returning home from kitesurfing at Waddell Beach in Davenport when a suspected drunken driver crossed the double-yellow line on La Honda Road and hit him head-on. Jouaux, 46, of Woodside, died at the scene.

“Whenever the weekend came, he didn’t just sit in front of the computer or read a book,” said his wife, Arancha Jouaux. “He would just go out and have fun but in a happy way.”

Francois and Arancha met at a Mountain View restaurant in 1991, not long after they both arrived in the Bay Area to attend Stanford University. He was from France, and she from Spain.

They started dating in 1993 and were married in 2004. They have two boys, ages 9 and 12.

“He was a very good person, a wonderful father,” Arancha said.

Francois worked more than 20 years at Apple, most recently as a manager of a team within the maps group, his wife said.

Arancha said her husband was dedicated to his job, but he didn’t let it consume his life. In addition to kitesurfing, he enjoyed windsurfing, skiing and snowboarding, and fishing.

“He was an optimistic person,” said Francois’ father, Bernard Jouaux, in an email. “He loved country life and animals.”

“He was a country bumpkin, that’s true,” Arancha added.

Francois used to wear a T-shirt that depicted a businessman inside a circle with a diagonal line running through the center. Text below the image read: “I’d rather be windsurfing.”

“He really knew how to combine having fun with work,” Arancha said. “He never lost sight of that. He never became a workaholic, but he never became irresponsible with his work either. He managed to keep a foot on both sides of the fence very firmly.”

On Monday, Tom Doane, 46, of El Granada, the driver of the Ford F-250 that hit Jouaux’s 1992 Honda, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter when he went to a Redwood City hospital to be treated for major hand injuries, according to the CHP.

Witnesses said Doane appeared intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Doane was still in the hospital as of Wednesday morning, said CHP Officer Art Montiel.

A private service for Francois Jouaux is scheduled to take place April 9. He is survived by his wife, two sons, father and a brother.

Anyone with information about the collision can call CHP Officer Jason Thinnes at 650-369-6261.

WOODSIDE — Francois Jouaux played just as hard as he worked, according to his family.

On Sunday, the longtime Apple software engineer was returning home from kitesurfing at Waddell Beach in Davenport when a suspected drunken driver crossed the double-yellow line on La Honda Road and hit him head-on. Jouaux, 46, of Woodside, died at the scene.

“Whenever the weekend came, he didn’t just sit in front of the computer or read a book,” said his wife, Arancha Jouaux. “He would just go out and have fun but in a happy way.”

Francois and Arancha met at a Mountain View restaurant in 1991, not long after they both arrived in the Bay Area to attend Stanford University. He was from France, and she from Spain.

They started dating in 1993 and were married in 2004. They have two boys, ages 9 and 12.

“He was a very good person, a wonderful father,” Arancha said.

Francois worked more than 20 years at Apple, most recently as a manager of a team within the maps group, his wife said.

Arancha said her husband was dedicated to his job, but he didn’t let it consume his life. In addition to kitesurfing, he enjoyed windsurfing, skiing and snowboarding, and fishing.

“He was an optimistic person,” said Francois’ father, Bernard Jouaux, in an email. “He loved country life and animals.”

“He was a country bumpkin, that’s true,” Arancha added.

Francois used to wear a T-shirt that depicted a businessman inside a circle with a diagonal line running through the center. Text below the image read: “I’d rather be windsurfing.”

“He really knew how to combine having fun with work,” Arancha said. “He never lost sight of that. He never became a workaholic, but he never became irresponsible with his work either. He managed to keep a foot on both sides of the fence very firmly.”

On Monday, Tom Doane, 46, of El Granada, the driver of the Ford F-250 that hit Jouaux’s 1992 Honda, was arrested on suspicion of felony hit and run and vehicular manslaughter when he went to a Redwood City hospital to be treated for major hand injuries, according to the CHP.

Witnesses said Doane appeared intoxicated at the time of the crash.

Doane was still in the hospital as of Wednesday morning, said CHP Officer Art Montiel.

A private service for Francois Jouaux is scheduled to take place April 9. He is survived by his wife, two sons, father and a brother.

Anyone with information about the collision can call CHP Officer Jason Thinnes at 650-369-6261.